Jin et al. (2022)

Across-subject correlation between confidence and accuracy: A meta-analysis of the Confidence Database

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29(4), 1405-1413

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Jin, S., Verhaeghen, P., & Rahnev, D. (2022). Across-subject correlation between confidence and accuracy: A meta-analysis of the Confidence Database. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 29(4), 1405-1413. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02063-7

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Confidence Calibration Metacognition

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A meta-analysis of 213 datasets in the Confidence Database found an across-person correlation of R = .22 between average confidence and average accuracy, much stronger for memory tasks than for perceptual tasks